---
title: Epsilla
---

>[Epsilla](https://www.epsilla.com) is an open-source vector database that leverages the advanced parallel graph traversal techniques for vector indexing. Epsilla is licensed under GPL-3.0.

You'll need to install `langchain-community` with `pip install -qU langchain-community` to use this integration

This notebook shows how to use the functionalities related to the `Epsilla` vector database.

As a prerequisite, you need to have a running Epsilla vector database (for example, through our docker image), and install the `pyepsilla` package. View full docs at [docs](https://epsilla-inc.gitbook.io/epsilladb/quick-start).

```python
!pip/pip3 install pyepsilla
```

We want to use OpenAIEmbeddings so we have to get the OpenAI API Key.

```python
import getpass
import os

if "OPENAI_API_KEY" not in os.environ:
    os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = getpass.getpass("OpenAI API Key:")
```

OpenAI API Key: ········

```python
from langchain_community.vectorstores import Epsilla
from langchain_openai import OpenAIEmbeddings
```

```python
from langchain_community.document_loaders import TextLoader
from langchain_text_splitters import CharacterTextSplitter

loader = TextLoader("../../how_to/state_of_the_union.txt")
documents = loader.load()

documents = CharacterTextSplitter(chunk_size=1000, chunk_overlap=0).split_documents(
    documents
)

embeddings = OpenAIEmbeddings()
```

Epsilla vectordb is running with default host "localhost" and port "8888". We have a custom db path, db name and collection name instead of the default ones.

```python
from pyepsilla import vectordb

client = vectordb.Client()
vector_store = Epsilla.from_documents(
    documents,
    embeddings,
    client,
    db_path="/tmp/mypath",
    db_name="MyDB",
    collection_name="MyCollection",
)
```

```python
query = "What did the president say about Ketanji Brown Jackson"
docs = vector_store.similarity_search(query)
print(docs[0].page_content)
```

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